Note-book.



Patented June 24, I902. 7

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(Application fllod June 16, 190 1.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABNER L. HOLTON, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

NOTE-BOOK.

SFECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,259, dated June 24, 1902.

Application filed June 16, 1901. Serial No. 64,714. (No model-l To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABNER L. HOLTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Norfolk, in the county of Norfolk and State of 5 Virginia, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Note-Books, of which the following is a specification; V i

My invention is an improvement in notebooks designed for use by stenographers and others, the notes of which are to be transcribed; and the invention has for an object to provide a simple construction by which the note-sheets may be held, will'lie flat from end to end and throughout the entire pile, and can be readily applied and removed in use; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention as in use. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the holder. Fig. 3 is a detail cross-seotion of the holder through one of the arch-pieces, and Fig. 4 illustrates the parts of the holder detached.

In carrying out myinvention I provide the leaves A with openings at B to fit the archpieces of the holder 0, as shown in Fig. 1, so the note-sheets can be thrown over from front to back as they are used and then can be reused by reversing the note-book after the pile of sheets have been used up on one side.

The holder 0 is provided with the pair of arch-pieces upon its base D near each end. These arch-pieces are detachably connected 5 with the base, so they can be removed when it is desired to replace the note-sheets.

Iprovide means forsecuringthe arch-pieces detachably to the base. This is preferably accomplished by the construction shown, in which the arch-pieces E are provided at one end with a threaded section F for screwing into connection with the base and have their other ends suitably formed for engagement with the base, preferably by providing tenons G at such end to enter the sockets G on the base. As shown and preferred, the base is provided with upwardly-projecting studs C and C the former being provided with a socket G for the tenon G and the latter being provided with a threaded socket F to receive the screw on the arch-piece. This construction is preferred, because the stud projections C and C operate to receive the paper, so the arch-pieces can be readily applied, as desired.

In constructing the arch-pieces it will be noticed'that the threaded sections F are provided with the screw portion f, the intermediate portion or head f, and the shank f which fits in a socket in the end of the body of the arch-piece and is grooved at f to receive a projection f, by which the threaded section is secured to the arch-piece.

In the operation of my invention it will be seen from Fig. 1 that the note-sheets as they are used can be thrown over the arch-pieces out of the way, and when the book is written through on one side it can be reversed and filled from the other side Without any difficulty. It will also be noticed that the book will lie perfectly flat in writing the notes and in transcribing the same, it being especially desirable to provide a book in which the sheets will not curve upwardly near the binding in transcribing the notes, especially when such work is done under an electric or other artificial light, in which the curving of the sheet will by the reflection of the light render the notes practically invisible. This flat arrangement of the notes is facilitated by the special construction of the base-plate of the holder, which is tapered or sloped downwardly on its upper side at its opposite edges, so the note-sheetswill slope very gradually up on the base-plate, as will be understood from Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- l. A note-book substantially as herein described comprising the note-sheets having openings for the arch-pieces, the holder having a base-plate and provided thereon with upwardly-projectingstudshavingsockets one socket of each pair beingthreaded and the arch-pieces being provided at one end with a tenon to fit one socket and at their other ends with the swiveled sections to screw into the threaded sockets, the note-sheets being held on said arch-pieces substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

2. In a device substantially as described, the base-plate provided with an upwardlyprojected stud having a threaded socket in its upper end, and an arch-piece provided at one end with a swiveled threaded section for screwing into the socket of the base-stud and arranged at its other end for engagement With thebase, substantially as set forth. 1

3. A. holder for note-books comprising the base-plate having the upwardly-projecting studs arranged in pairs and provided With sockets, one socket of each pair being threaded, and the arch-pieces having at one end tenons and at their other ends threaded sections and fitted to the sockets of .the baseplate substantially as set forth.

4:. A holder for note-books substantially as described comprising the base-plate beveled or sloped off at its opposite edges and pro vided With the upwardly-projecting studs arranged in pairs, and the arch-pieces provided at one end with tenons and at their other ends with threaded sections whereby they may be secured detachably to the base-plate substantially as set forth.

ABNER L. HOLTON.

l/Vitnessesz SoLoN C. KEMON, PERRY B. TURPIN. 

